Folke the Fat

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Folke the Fat (Swedish: Folke den tjocke) was, according to Gesta Danorum by the Danish 12th century Danish chronicler Saxo Grammaticus, the most powerful man in Sweden c. 1100, and he married Ingrid Knutsdotter, daughter of the Danish king Canute IV of Denmark[1][2] who was murdered in 1086.[1] Folke and Ingrid had the sons Knut and Benedict according to Saxo.[2] The chronicler furthermore reports that Folke was the paternal grandfather of Birger Brosa[1], who still was alive at the time he wrote.[2]

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  1. ^ a b c The article Folkunga-ätten in Nordisk familjebok (1908).]
  2. ^ a b c Gesta Danorum, book 11, in modern Danish at «Norrøne Tekster og Kvad», Norway.

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